Chinanews.com, Hong Kong, December 13 (Reporter Dai Xiaolu) The "InnoX Plus Entrepreneurial Dream + 2022" series of campus sharing sessions ended successfully at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) on the evening of the 12th.
The guests at the meeting conducted dialogues on the cultivation of innovation and technology talents and entrepreneurial experience and experience, and jointly discussed how academics can walk out of the "road to entrepreneurship" with Hong Kong characteristics.
It is understood that the series of activities are jointly created by Sequoia China's Innovation and Technology Hong Kong Foundation (HKXF) & Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Education Center (HK InnoX) in conjunction with major universities in Hong Kong, inviting well-known entrepreneurs and investors from the industry to share their experience in innovation and entrepreneurship. Opportunities and practical experience, hoping to open the horizons of young people, strengthen the young force of innovation and entrepreneurship in Hong Kong, open up the connection between schools and markets, and contribute to the development and construction of Hong Kong's innovation and technology economy, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the international innovation and technology center.
The Hong Kong Foundation for Innovation and Technology signed a cooperation framework agreement with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The two parties will carry out comprehensive cooperation in science and innovation education and business incubation.
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Teng Jinguang, President of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, said in his speech that the PolyU community has been encouraging innovation and entrepreneurship, and the school focuses on cultivating interdisciplinary innovation and technology talents for the society.
"We encourage inventors to use intellectual property rights to start businesses, and bring all practical IP (intellectual property rights) out of the campus to benefit the society." Teng Jinguang said that PolyU has also added special courses for cultivating future innovation and technology talents this year. and Data Analysis (AIDA)" and "Innovation and Entrepreneurship (IE)" as one of the compulsory subjects for undergraduate education. In addition, activities such as "Undergraduate Science and Technology Innovation Program" and "Science and Technology Innovation Academy" were held, hoping to provide students and The research team creates a strong scientific and technological innovation atmosphere.
Li Zexiang, co-founder of Hong Kong X Technology Entrepreneurship Platform and director of Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Education Center, shared his experience in cultivating more than 60 technology start-up companies in the past 20 years.
He said that now is the spring and opportunity for academic entrepreneurs, and he believes that the entrepreneurial road of academics will definitely change Hong Kong and the industry and environment of the Greater Bay Area.
Chen Guanhua, a professor of chemistry at the University of Hong Kong and co-founder of the Hong Kong X Technology Entrepreneurship Platform, interpreted the development of innovation and technology in Hong Kong from the perspective of early investors.
He said that innovation and technology in Hong Kong is at a moment of take-off, and now is the best time for young people to enter the industry.
"Professors are not entrepreneurs. Academic entrepreneurs must find helpers. To convert scientific research results into real products, one must work with the industry to polish them, and the other is to truly start from the market and find market pain points."
During the event, the Hong Kong Foundation for Innovation and Technology and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University also signed a cooperation framework agreement. The two parties promised to take "stimulating Hong Kong youth technology innovation and entrepreneurship" as the vision, and on the basis of equality and mutual benefit, give full play to their respective advantages, and use Hong Kong's innovation and technology Relying on the education center, we will carry out comprehensive cooperation in science and innovation education and business incubation, explore the potential of youth innovation and entrepreneurship in Hong Kong, and promote Hong Kong's scientific research from universities to application markets.
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